Finance Manager

Description

Reporting into the UK Financial Controller, the Finance Manager will play a key role in fulfilling the accounting operations within the finance department and will assist with special projects across the UK as required.

• Provide responses to audit requests
• Oversee the day-to-day accounting for the Knotel UK Group (20 trading companies)
• Overseeing the fixed assets management and attending the year end stock take
• Identify and drive process improvement projects across finance
• Provide reporting for various tax submissions - quarterly VAT returns, payroll related taxes
• Maintaining financial reports, records, and General Ledger accounts
• Prepare the Statutory Trial Balance with a full audit trail from the Oracle source records, including review of all statutory and audit journals
• Support and develop 3 Management Accountants
• Manage month end deliverables to ensure timely reporting into Newmark US
• Review monthly CIS returns
• Manage the quarterly VAT returns and co-ordinate with Cantor VAT team to identify automation opportunities
• Assist with Business Rates processing and liaise with our Commercial Real Estate Partners
• Manage audit deliverables and relationship with our auditors
• Support with sales invoice processing, revenue reconciliations, bad debt provisions and customer service management
• Oversee property related accounting (completion statements, lease incentives, stamp duty, deposits, LL contributions etc)
• Support the Leadership team with operational and financial requirements
• Manage month end for the team, ensuring that journals are reviewed and accurate ahead of posting
• Manage and plan to ensure maximum Empty Property Relief is able to be claimed
• Preparation of month end reporting pack with detailed commentary
• Liaise with European Lease Administration Team for Landlord Payments and assist with Building requirements
• Support the UK Accounts Payable team with invoice and credit memo processing, payments and accruals
• Create and distribute accurate internal reports / project summaries to various stakeholders across the organisation, as required
• Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and adhere to tight deadlines to ensure completeness, in-line with Newmark US timetable

Requirements

At Newmark, we embrace curiosity, integrity, hospitality and tenacious problem-solving. Speed bumps are seen as opportunities to showcase one’s skill. The ability to create and adhere to scalable processes with strong controls and juggle multiple priorities, is a must.

• Accounting qualification
• Basic knowledge of US GAAP preferred
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Advanced excel skills, required
• Strong knowledge of commercial real estate preferred
• Experience working in large multinational businesses across multiple geographical entities preferred
• Ability to work independently, multi-task and handle several deadlines simultaneously
• Strong communication and organizational skills as well as impeccable attention to detail
• Experience working in a multi-function shared services and/or offshore environment a plus
• 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience
• Advanced knowledge of UK GAAP required
• Experience with Oracle, Coupa, and FloQast a plus

Benefits

• Entrepreneurial and supportive team
• Discretionary Bonus
• Fast paced working environment
• Competitive salary
• Private Healthcare

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance